Adoption Progress

I thought I should do a quick update on the status of our adoption.

One week ago, we heard from the social worker that the judge ruled in favor of A staying with us and terminating his parents' rights. This is a huge step toward adoption, but we are still a few months away from the adoption being official.

The next step is to wait and see if they appeal the decision. If they do decide to appeal, then filing for that takes a few months. There are a whole bunch of deadlines in that process that I don't fully understand, and I'm sure you aren't interested in so I'll spare you the details, but that process takes about 3 months in total before the judges at appellate court make a decision.

If they do not decide to appeal the decision, we move into the adoption paperwork process, which from what I hear is more work for the social worker than it is for us. We just have to sign the paperwork that she prepares.

We are so encouraged by this progress, and are excited to settle in to our "normal."

We are one week shy of reaching 1 year since we met this little guy and welcomed him into our family, and it has been a huge year for all of us. We've grown in ways we never expected, and love him more than we could have imagined.